Welcome to the SteepleStation Stingrays Swim Team page

Hello Steeplechase Residents,
 
Facility membership offers a great season of enjoying our pool, a whole year of enjoying our tennis facilities and you will meet a lot of people in our neighborhood.  It also paves the way for your kids to be part of our annual swim team!  Kids don't work on their strokes when they play at the pool. But on swim team, your child will learn to be a much better swimmer and have fun doing so.  Families spend so much time at the beach, lake and pool -- it is a great comfort to know your child is a good swimmer!  It can save your child's life.  Plus, swim team allows them to spend time with kids in their age group - making new friends and getting great exercise.  It gives some structure to your summer days and kids will sleep well at night!
 
Mark your calendar for summer swim team registration.  Coach Kent and Coach Audrey will be back for a new season of great swimming and we would love to have you join our team. We will also have several Junior coaches.  This is an important date because we capped off our registration in most age groups last year because we filled up.  We want each swimmer in each age group to have several slots to swim in meets and have plenty of room at practice.  We had 164 swimmers last year, and we do expect that again, so be sure to register In March to get a slot on our team! 

Steeple Station Stingrays - Summer Swim Team 2010

Registration Details:
Sat March 20 and Sun Mar 21, 2010  from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm each day
 
Where: Jefferson Station Club House, 1950 Shadwell Way. 
From Sever Road go left on Lebanon, right on Monticello, left on Shadwell.   Go about 1/3 of a mile, Tennis/pool/clubhouse on the right.
 
Swimmers Ages 5 to 18  as of June 1   (*We especially need Teens, and age 5/6.)

New swimmers bring the original birth certificate for us to verify, and a copy for us to keep. This insures that everyone in your child's group is truly the right age.
*****This year we will NOT register your new swimmer without the birth certificate in hand, as it is too much "back and forth" to get it from you later. So please be sure to bring it TO registration days, thanks!!******

New swimmers must be able to swim the length of the pool unassisted in a reasonable time. Coach's Swim Test in mid-May for new swimmers. Swim lessons are available indoors at Swim Atlanta or Collins Hill Aquatic Center to get ready.

March Cost - $105 for facility members of Steeplechase or Jefferson Station (hosting subdivisions)
Cost for outsiders from other neighborhoods - $120

April registration has an additional $25 Cost per family (assuming we have spots) - This is to encourage March registration because of the red tape involved with League registration.  We want to register as many people as possible in the first round!!!   However, funds from this will be very useful for major Pool Renovations that seem to come up each year, and this year is no exception.  Register in March and this is waived. 

Team Swim Suits -  custom suits continue this year that feature a Stingray design.   Order at registration.  We will have samples to try for size.  
 
2010 Season Schedule: (all meets are at 6:00 pm)

Practice meet and Team Photo Thurs May 27.

Thursday June 3rd, Home Meet vs Richland
Thursday Jun 17th, Home Meet vs Meadow Trace
Thursday June 24th, Home Meet vs Maple Ridge
Tuesday July 13th, Trophy Night - Pool closes at 5:30

There are 6 Regular meets vs. other teams that are held on Thursdays at 6 pm:   June 3, 10, 17, 24 and July 1.  One more meet will be scheduled - to be determined when by the league -  it could fall on a Monday or Tuesday in June or perhaps July 6.

GwinnettCounty Championship at Georgia Tech's Aquatic Center  July 17-18, 2010.
League web site www.gwinnettswimleague.com
 
Optional Stroke Clinics will be offered in early May for freestyle, backstroke, breast and butterfly.  Coach Kent will have a sign up sheet at registration.
 
Team Practice will begin in Mid-May after school at the Steeplechase pool.
Summer Practice is in the morning and rotates between the Steeplechase and Jefferson Station pools.  Your child will have a practice slot with his/her age group, combining both boys and girls. At swim meets, boys compete with boys, girls compete with girls by age groups.
 
Tentative Summer Daily Practice Schedule:
(Note Coach Kent will decide the final schedule. This was used last year)
·          8:00-9:00 AM – 11 & 12 (Steeple Chase: Mon-Wed / Jefferson Station: Thurs)
·          8:00-9:30 AM – 13 & 14 and 15 & up (Jefferson Station: Mon-Wed / Steeple Chase: Thurs)
·          9:00-9:45 AM – 9 & 10 (Steeple Chase: Mon-Wed / Jefferson Station: Thurs)
·          9:45-10:30 AM – 7 & 8 (Steeple Chase: Mon-Wed / Jefferson Station: Thurs)
·          10:30-11:00 AM – 6 & under (Steeple Chase: Mon-Wed / Jefferson Station: Thurs)
 
Team History - Steeple Station Swim Team began in 1989 and is a partnership between Steeplechase pool and Jefferson Station pool. 

Head Coach Kent Julian - see www.liveitforward.com
Email coachkent@liveitforward.com
Our Head Coach Kent Julian from the early 90's returned to live in Steeplechase with his family and 3 swimmers of his own. We have been VERY excited to have him back on staff again from 2007 and on!   
Assistant Coach Audrey Blackmon returns for her 6th year coaching! She was an enthusiastic Stingray swimmer from age 6 to 18, and is now a student at Auburn University.

Registration Information: We look forward to you joining us again and bringing your friends. For registration info contact:
Patty Sakalik patsak@bellsouth.net or
Debbie Blackmon dsblackmon@yahoo.com or
Penny Lackey zoolackey@bellsouth.net

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